Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Alternative combination: Epitonium (Arctoscala) saundersi
Full reference: N. M. Tegland. 1933. The fauna of the type Blakeley Upper Oligocene of Washington. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 23(3):81-174
Belongs to Epitonium (Cirsotrema) according to J. W. Durham 1937
See also Durham 1944 and Tegland 1933
Sister taxa: Cirsotrema (Cirsotremopsis), Cirsotrema (Coroniscala), Cirsotrema (Plastiscala), Cirsotrema (Propescala), Cirsotrema (Rectacirsa), Cirsotrema (Tioria), Cirsotrema cirritum, Cirsotrema crassicostatum, Cirsotrema dalli, Cirsotrema diversiformis, Cirsotrema dubiosa, Cirsotrema fimbriosa, Cirsotrema funiculus, Cirsotrema gagei, Cirsotrema hauniensis, Cirsotrema miovaricosum, Cirsotrema pleiophylla, Cirsotrema preyoungi, Cirsotrema tenuisculptum, Cirsotrema togatum, Cirsotrema varicosa, Epitonium (Cirsotrema) clallamense, Epitonium (Cirsotrema) howei, Epitonium (Cirsotrema) pasoense, Epitonium (Cirsotrema) posoensis, Scala (Cirsotrema) subtenuilamella
Type specimen: UCMP 32227
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (3: Washington collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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